Peters



(No Model.) l' M. P. BRAY.

Corset.

. No. 231,895. Patented Sept. 7, 1880.

N- PETERS, PHOTO-UTNWRAFHE1 WASNXNGTON. D CV UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS l?. BRAY, OF NEW HAVEN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO THE BASSETT CORSET COMPANY, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONN.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,895, dated September 7, 1880. Application filed April 12, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mouais P. BRAY, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented anew Im- 5 provement in Corsets; and I do hereby dcclare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and

1o which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1,frontvie\v of the two meeting edges of the corset; Fig. i?, transverse section on line x enlarged, Fig. 3 showing the preparation 15 of the fabric to forni the opening for the stud or eye.

This invention relates to an improvementin the construction ot' corset-fronts to form the pockets for the steels.

zo In the usual construction holes are cut through the fabric for the studs and for the eyes, leaving a raw edge of the fabric around the holes, which soon frays out and distigures the corset. z5 The object of this invention is to avoid this cuttiu g of the fabric and consequent raw edge 5 and it consists in the construction, as hereinafter described,`and particularly recited in the claim. 3c The two thicknesses of the corset-front are represented by the lines a b. The fabric which is to forni the out-side of the pocket cis eut the required width, and at the point where the eye or stud is to come a slit, d, is cut from the 3 5 outer edge inward; then each side the slit the fabric is doubled under. (See broken lines, Fig. 3.) This eut edge is then introduced between the double edge of the front, as at e,

Fig. 2, and substantially on the line f, Fig. 3, and there stitched. It is then turned over and 4o stitched to the corset-front in the usual manner ou a line back of the steel. This leaves a doubled edge of fabric, n, each side of the eye or stud sufficiently large for all possible play ofthe steel, and avoids the wear or fraying 45 out. of the raw-edged hole.

To perfectly protect the angle m of. the folded notch astrip of selvage or doubleedged fabric, s, is placed along the rear edge of the pocket c and so as to overlap the angle 5o of the opening for the eye or stud, as seen in Fig. 1. The outer edge is stitched only to the outer thickness ot' the pocket, and the rear edge to the body of the corset. In this case the rear edge of the strip c is best turned onto 5 5 the outside, beneath the strip s. These fronts may be made with the steel inclosed for the front edge of the corsets and sold in that condition, or it may be made in the process of manufacturing the corset. 6o

I do not broadly claim a notch in the edge of the pocket through which the parts of the clasp extend, as such, I am aware, is not new.

I claim- The herein-described improvement in cor- 65 sets, consisting of the strip c, slit from the edge and folded under, the slit edge attached to the front edge of the corset, the other edge folded back and stitched to the corset back of the steel, combined with the overlying strip 7o a, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

MORRIS P. BRAY. Witnesses:

Jos. G. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY. 

